Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes

I'm always a little unnerved when I see a show that's set in the past that implies in any way that things were nicer then.

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• I'm always a little unnerved when I see a show that's set in the past that implies in any way that things were nicer then.

  

  Steven Soderbergh
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